S2 E13: Caroline Eaton & Leslie Patterson — Learning on Your Doorstep

Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1537111/fa...) In this episode of the Muddy Puddle Teacher® Podcast, Sarah is joined by Caroline Eaton and Leslie Patterson, authors of Learning on Your Doorstep: Low-cost and no-cost ideas for Early Years adventures. Their book is a practical guide for Early Years practitioners who want to make greater use of the learning opportunities already sitting just outside their setting. From parks and local streets to buses and laundrettes, Caroline and Leslie show how everyday places can support language development, confidence, cultural capital, physical development and curriculum learning without requiring expensive trips or elaborate planning.  In this episode, we talk about why ordinary places can offer extraordinary learning, how adults can slow down and notice what children notice, and whether we have sometimes made outdoor experiences more complicated than they need to be. It is a conversation about curiosity, local communities, affordable experiences and recognising that some of the richest learning opportunities may already be right on our doorstep. Find their book and work: Learning on Your Doorstep — Bloomsbury Education (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/learnin...) Read Caroline and Leslie’s Bloomsbury article (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discove...) And just to correct my earlier wording: it is Caroline Eaton, not Carol Eaton, and the book title is Learning on Your Doorstep.  Support the show (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1537111/su...)